Olympian1010 7,418 Posted June 24, 2020 #131 Share Posted June 24, 2020 19 minutes ago, dcro said: And those events were scheduled for September/November... Just wait and see how the whole of 2020/21 Winter season will be cancelled too at this rate. It’s way too early to know, but it may be a reality we want to mentally prepare ourselves for. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted June 24, 2020 #132 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Winter season in the Olympics year is never a priority for these athletes. Big names will probably skip it if it goes ahead anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 24, 2020 #133 Share Posted June 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, Monzanator said: Winter season in the Olympics year is never a priority for these athletes. Big names will probably skip it if it goes ahead anyway. Well, so it’s for the next generation, then! It’s just as important to keep the production line rolling as it is to keep the big names happy. Unless people start bucking up & showing some courage there’s going to be a whole lot of places for new sports on the Olympic schedule, because a lot of the old ones are just going to die off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted June 24, 2020 #134 Share Posted June 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: Well, so it’s for the next generation, then! It’s just as important to keep the production line rolling as it is to keep the big names happy. Unless people start bucking up & showing some courage there’s going to be a whole lot of places for new sports on the Olympic schedule, because a lot of the old ones are just going to die off. Multi-event sports like athletics or swimming will never fall off the Olympic schedule. Both of them are ideal to create new global icons with several medals to be won. Two biggest Olympic icons of the XXI century - Bolt & Phelps - competed in these two sports. Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 25, 2020 #135 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Various things on over the weekend, but this looks worth a watch - the Swiss Steeplechase & 10000m Champs - is on an open stream. https://www.ubs-athletics.fans https://www.swiss-athletics.ch/de/blog/2020/06/24/abraham-und-schlumpf-sind-in-uster-in-der-favoritenrolle-mit-live-stream/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 26, 2020 #136 Share Posted June 26, 2020 The good new: there will be a British Athletics season this year. The bad news. It will last two weeks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/53192762 bmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,125 Posted June 26, 2020 #137 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Forgot to update that: Andrius Gudžius opened his season with a 65.81 in the Discus Throw European Ch. bronze medalist from Javelin Throw - Liveta Jasiūnaitė opened with a 58.01 Lastly, another decent result was from Ieva Zarankaitė in the Discus Throw with a 58.66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 26, 2020 #138 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 25/06/2020 at 18:16, Grassmarket said: Various things on over the weekend, but this looks worth a watch - the Swiss Steeplechase & 10000m Champs - is on an open stream. https://www.ubs-athletics.fans https://www.swiss-athletics.ch/de/blog/2020/06/24/abraham-und-schlumpf-sind-in-uster-in-der-favoritenrolle-mit-live-stream/ Live now! Commentary in both & alternately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted June 26, 2020 #139 Share Posted June 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: Live now! Commentary in both & alternately. Sounds rather like either French speaker or Schwiiz Dütsch speaker trying to remind himself some Hochdeutsch from school long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 26, 2020 #140 Share Posted June 26, 2020 10 minutes ago, Vojthas said: Sounds rather like either French speaker or Schwiiz Dütsch speaker trying to remind himself some Hochdeutsch from school long ago. German guy manages both, or all three, French guy is struggling with the interviews! Good meet though - first I have seen this year with proper size fields, and not just International superstars against the girl who works at the Post Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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